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Comment by busymichael | Hacker News Reader

I have a question for the game devs who are developing games for PCs: Why are you developing new titles for PCs when mobile games are both the largest and fastest growing segment of the market?

I am curious. I was an early web app developer who missed the migration to mobile. I have always regretted it and am playing catch up.

Source: https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/global-games-market-rea...

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Financially, mobile games are a race to the bottom and no-one is prepared to pay for anything. It's all nasty F2P and advertising tactics to succeed now.

Also, a complex game like this is not well suited for a mobile game. The mobile interface is just too limited. The constant CPU demands are just too great.

Although Apple Arcade launches this week which looks like it will represent a sea change in that market. Hopefully it takes off and we see some more interesting games coming back to touch screen devices.

I am not a game developer, and I take it that you do not play games.

There is a significant difference in the market and experience of mobile and PC gaming.

You may as well ask why people still develop for console, when they’re basically just stripped down computers.

Mobile games are the most crowded segment of the market, with mainly one method of discovery (app store) which is extremely crowded as well. Also many game genres simply cannot be done (well) on mobile.

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